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Heroin

"Heroin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A narcotic analgesic that may be habit-forming. It is a controlled substance (opium derivative) listed in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Parts 329.1, 1308.11 (1987). Sale is forbidden in the United States by Federal statute. (Merck Index, 11th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Heroin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Heroin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 22 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1998 and 2007
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